Example sentences of "[adv] around the edge [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This needs to be glued all around the edge of the plate to form a tight seal so that gravel does not get under the plate .
2 High above them , the base of the Bridge passed through a cone of semi-transparent cables , which were anchored all around the edge of the depression , before continuing downwards to merge smoothly with the bubble itself .
3 A horse in a field needs shelter — may be trees all around the edge of the field and/or a wooden shelter .
4 To add birthday candles , make little holes all around the edge of the cake drum .
5 Sticking on with a little royal icing or glue , wrap the strip carefully around the edge of the roof , scalloped edge upwards .
6 I would like to emphasize that erm the Greater York authorities have n't lightly arrived at erm the strategy for a new settlement , er we have been driven to it by a very careful examination of the development possibilities , firstly around the edge of York , and secondly around the various villages , we know these areas erm intimately from our day to day planning work , and on two occasions , once in connection with the Greater York study , and secondly in connection with drawing detailed greenbelt boundaries we have tramped around the edges of all these settlements and looked very carefully at the possibilities for development , erm the possibilities have been taken up in the development equation , which the County Council has put in front of you , which does still include er some development around villages and around the edge of the city without harming greenbelt , but we do n't really think we can go much further , and that 's what has driven us to the conclusion that er a new settlement must play a part in the longer term development equation for Greater York .
7 Constance and her father stopped as the horses galloped furiously around the edge of the meadow , their enormous hooves kicking up great clods of earth as they went .
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